First of all, it should come as a surprise to no one that Israel's military has war plans for Iran. It would be foolish not to. Secondly, it's obvious that such a 'leak' is only an attempt by the Israeli government to publicly saber rattle against Iran and - a tactic we should all be used to by now. So I'm not exactly sure why anyone would consider this to even be news. Thirdly, the Sunday Times' track record on this issue hasn't exactly been stellar. It's been used an aggressive mouthpiece against by and against Iran in the past.

That's not to say that the situation doesn't merit concern, but it ought to remind us all that we are too often victims of warmongering propaganda (didn't we learn that lesson with the Iraq experience?) that is served up to stir fear and calls for immediate action when the obvious need for diplomacy should be more than apparent by now.